Dear colleagues,
Apologies for cross-posting. For those who had it in mind but perhaps kept it for later - this is a final reminder of the *upcoming deadline for abstracts, February 25*, for the IASC <http://www.iasc-commons.org> thematic workshop “*Conceptualizing the New Commons - the examples of Knowledge Commons & Seed and Variety Commons” on June 6-8, 2018*. Some topics to be covered during the Workshop are: - Theoretical advancements of Seed and Variety Commons and New Commons - Perspectives from the Global South and Global North on New Commons - Polycentric governance of Global Knowledge Commons and biodiversity/plant genetic resources - Global Commons character of Knowledge Commons and Seed & Variety Commons - New Commons as means for personal well-being and re-democratization - New Commons as means for social-ecological transformation The organizing team has just informed that they already received interesting contributions, and we are expecting it to be a fruitful interdisciplinary exchange! The Call for Abstracts is still available *here* <https://www.rightseeds.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RIGHTSEEDS_Commons-Workshop_Call-for-Abstracts.pdf>. *To reserve last available spots, send your abstracts (or questions) to [email protected] <[email protected]>*. For more details on topics and objectives, see the web-page of the event: https://www.rightseeds.de/en/iasc-thematic-workshop/. The workshop, organized by the Right Seeds Research Group (led by Prof. Stefanie Sievers-Glotzbach) in cooperation with the IASC, will take place in Oldenburg, Germany (close to the City of Bremen). RightSeeds is a collaborative research project by the Department of Economics at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) and the Agroecology Group at Georg-August-University Göttingen. Best, Ilkhom -- Ilkhom Soliev, PhD Senior Research Fellow | Lecturer Global Environmental Policy and Sustainability Governance Methods for Institutional Analysis and Policy Evaluation Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Policy Martin Luther University (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4 (R. 4.23) 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany Communications Officer for IASC Europe Tel.: +49 (0) 34 555 22 514 Fax: +49 (0) 34 555 27 327 Email: [email protected] Web: www.landw.uni-halle.de/prof/agrarpolitik/ www.iasc-commons.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
